BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) R&B TOP SINGLES 1945 Harlem Hit Parade/Jukebox Plays

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 THE HONEYDRIPPER-JOE LIGGINS ORCHESTRA-SEPTEMBER 1706
  2 CALDONIA BOOGIE-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE-June 1562
  3 TIPPIN' IN-ERSKINE HAWKINS ORCHESTRA-April 1524
  4 I WONDER-PVT. CECIL GANT-February 1512
  5 WHO THREW THE WHISKEY IN THE WELL-LUCKY MILLINDER ORCHESTRA-July 1242
  6 MOP MOP-LOUIS JORDAN-April 938
  7 I WONDER-ROOSEVELT SYKES-March 830
  8 YOU CAN'T GET THAT NO MORE-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-March 728
  9 I'M MAKING BELIEVE-Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald-January 694
 10 SOMEBODY'S GOT TO GO-Cootie Williams-February 692
 11 I'm Lost-King Cole Trio-January 688
 12 That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch-Buddy Johnson, Ella Johnson-August 612
 13 Strange Things Happening Every Day-Sister Rosetta Tharpe-May 600
 14 The Honeydripper-Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra-November 574
 15 Caldonia-Erskine Hawkins-June 552
 16 Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-July 546
 17 Beulah's Boogie-Lionel Hampton-December 456
 18 Rock Me, Mama-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-May 438
 19 Be-baba-luba-Helen Humes-December 432
 20 I'm Beginning To See The Light-Duke Ellington Orchestra-April 400
 21 S.k. Blues-Pete Johnson Orchestra, Joe Turner-March 308
 22 Left A Good Deal In Mobile-Joe Liggins-November 282
 23 I'm A Shy Guy-King Cole Trio-October 280
 24 The Honeydripper-Roosevelt Sykes-December 218
 25 I Wonder-Louis Armstrong-April 212
 26 I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues-Duke Ellington-March 160
 27 Put Another Chair At The Table-Mills Brothers-May 160
 28 If You Can't Smile And Say Yes-King Cole Trio-May 160
 29 I Wish-Mills Brothers-June 160
 30 Rum And Coca-cola-Andrews Sisters-January 156
 31 Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive-Johnny Mercer-February 152
 32 Red Bank Boogie-Count Basie-March 146
 33 White Cliffs Of Dover-Louis Prima-January 130
 34 Blues At Sunrise-Ivory Joe Hunter-December 112
 35 It's Only A Paper Moon-Ella Fitzgerald-August 106
 36 I'm Tired-Pvt. Cecil Gant-August 106
 37 I Wonder-Warren Evans-February 98
 38 Daddy- Daddy-Savannah Churchill-October 56
 39 A Cottage For Sale-Billy Eckstine-November 56
 40 Keep Your Arms Around Me-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-December 56
 41 Last Night-Billy Eckstine-October 56
 42 Jimmy's Blues-Count Basie Orchestra-September 56
 43 Things Have Changed-Big Maceo-December 54
 44 Fifteen Years-Erskine Hawkins-October 54
 45 Lonesome Lover Blues-Billy Eckstine-October 54
 46 Who's Been Foolin' You-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-May 52
 47 Lover Man-Billie Holiday-May 52
 48 Cecil's Boogie-Pvt. Cecil Gant-April 52
 49 Detroit Blues-Tampa Red-September 52
 50 Grass Is Getting Greener Every Day-Pvt. Cecil Gant-July 48
 51 I'll Live True To You-Tab Smith-February 48
 52 Salty Papa Blues-Dinah Washington-February 46
 53 Don't Fence Me In-Bing Crosby, Andrews Sisters-January 44
 54 Don't You Know I Care?-Duke Ellington-January 42
 55 Robin Hood-Louis Prima-January 42
* The final "Harlem Hit Parade" chart was published in the February 1,1945
issue of Billboard.The first "Juke Box-Race" chart was published in the
February 8,1945 issue of Billboard.So this chart was compiled by using
the "Harlem Hit Parade" charts until February 1. From February 8 and
onwards the  "Juke Box-Race" charts are used.